Has a Decade Made a Difference?
Abstract
The design of structures to resist conventional weapons' effects is significantly more complex than is the design of structures to withstand the effects of nuclear weapons. In the case of nuclear weapons' effects, there are, really, only three problems that face the designer of a protective structure. These problems can be identified, in general terms, as follows: Define the free-field, blast-induced environment in which the structure will exist; Define the time-dependent and spatially distributed forces and motions that are imposed by this environment on the structure, and Compute the response of the structure to these blast-imposed excitations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADP001749
Entities
People
- J. D. Haltiwanger
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign